Teacher of Design & Technology

The Fernwood School enjoys an excellent reputation for high standards of achievement and behaviour. We offer a school with:

• An ethos of ‘High Achievement with Care and Discipline for All’.
• A wonderful group of students who behave well and have high aspirations.
• Staff and Trustees that are professional and enjoy working together for the benefit of the young people we serve.
• An Ofsted outstanding judgement.
• A strong Attainment 8 and Progress 8 score.
• Enrolment into an Employee Assistance Programme, which includes 24/7 GP access, face to face physiotherapy, face to face counselling, and a wide variety of further benefits.
• Cycle to work scheme.

The successful candidate will join a team of effective, hardworking professionals, committed to providing an outstanding education for all students. The ideal candidate will join the popular subject and help to develop and motivate students to gain their best outcomes, building on the department’s current strong foundations. The ideal candidate will have a passion for their subject area with the drive to improve the outcomes of students at all key stages. They will be organised, able to plan ahead and have the ability to engage students in Design and Technology both inside and outside of lessons, continuing to develop the established success of the department.

The successful candidate would be capable of delivering KS3 lessons across multiple material areas, KS4 OCR Cambridge National Engineering or AQA GCSE Design and Technology. Experience of teaching Engineering at KS4 is desirable but not essential. There is also an opportunity to deliver KS5 A level DT: Product Design as this is taught on site in partnership with Bilborough College.

The Fernwood School has a thriving, well equipped and forward-thinking ADT faculty and you would be joining a high performing and cohesive team of teachers and technical staff. The ADT faculty has a strong reputation throughout the midlands and is one of only 4 leading edge schools for D&T nationwide having achieved multiple awards for the quality of our teaching and our broader curriculum approach.

The faculty comprises Design & Technology, Food & Health, Art & Design and ICT, within which staff work very closely and collaboratively. The department benefits from 3 well equipped mixed material workshops, with modern CNC equipment, 3D printers, full casting and metal work facilities, large bed laser cutter, A0 printer, along with electronics and robotics equipment and much more. We are lucky to have 3 dedicated D&T specific computer rooms within the department, with industry standard CAD and graphics software installed including access to graphics tablets as needed.

Further information on the work of the department can be found on our website, and on our Instagram feed @fernwoodadt.

The Fernwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services check along with other relevant employment checks. In addition, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a Self-Disclosure is required for all applicants shortlisted for interview. Online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted applicants as part of due diligence checks.

Please complete your application through My New Term explaining how your skills, qualities and experience would enable you to be successful in the role.